3D Sculpture - Stone Carving 2 day workshop with Antonia Hockton

For over 30 years, Antonia has specialised in stone. Her own fine art carvings are in collections around the country. Plus, as a trained conservator, she has restored ancient sculpture for the Oxford University, The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Church or England.

Over the weekend Antonia will teach you to carve a piece of English Alabaster. You will choose one of two designs, a wild boar or a polar bear. We will start off with a quick clay maquette to help visualise the 3-dimentional shape. Then each person will have a small block of alabaster and a template. Using hand tools, that will be provided, by a process of reduction, the waste stone is worked away to reveal the sculpture within.

The finished carving will be sanded to a smooth and polished finish. You can sign it with your own 'banker mark' ( a stone carvers' signature)

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